Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary material / Eric Sandberg and Maren Scheurer -- The Human Body as a Construct in Pedro Almodóvar’s La Ley del Deseo (1987) and La Piel que Habito (2011) / Jytte Holmqvist -- ‘Unbearable Conjectures’: The Failure of Care in Hilary Mantel’s Axon Diptych / Eric Sandberg -- The Art of Group Therapy: Satire and Renegotiating Patienthood in Film and Television / Maren Scheurer -- From the Inlands of Brazil, Healing in Literature and Film / Davina Marques -- How to Change Lives with Words / Fabiana Carelli and Davina Marques -- Understanding the Patient’s Medication Experience: Collaboration for Better Outcomes / Djenane Ramalho de Oliveira and Mateus Rodrigues Alves -- Hamlet Is Sick: Patient Care in the Total Institution / Peter Bray -- ‘When I’m Afraid I Will Trust In…?’ / Iva Apostolova -- Reluctance and Resistance: How Do We Break the Cycle? / M. Jane Markley -- Negotiating Identity in the Patient Role: Tales from the Romanian Medical System / Ana Maria Borlescu -- Mental Health and Ethno-Etiologies in Southern Africa: Towards Collaborative Therapeutic Relationships / Andra le Roux-Kemp -- Working within Groups of Teachers: Teaching and Learning Implications in Health Services / Ana Lúcia Abrahão , Dalvani Marques , Marcos Antônio Albuquerque de Senna , Sérgio Aboud , Marilda Andrade and Ândrea Cardoso de Souza -- Addressing Reverse Culture Shock with the Fennell Four Phase Model and the Arts / Ann Fantauzzi , Patricia A. Fennell , Kelly A. Bertrand and Sara Rieder Bennett -- Volunteerism, Culture Shock and Trauma: A Programme for Helping Others as We Help Ourselves / Patricia A. Fennell , Ann Fantauzzi , Sara Rieder Bennett and Kelly A. Bertrand -- Compassionate Communication / Nancy Billias.